[Songs of Worries] Listening will gently lighten your heart. Masterpieces that speak for your feelings

paintingŌmori Motoki

Motoki Ohmori – “Painting” Official MV

It’s a song that resonates deep in the heart, marking a return to solo activity after about four years.

Written by Motoki Ohmori, the frontman of Mrs.

GREEN APPLE, it was released as a digital single in May 2025.

The lyrics delicately portray profound melancholy and sorrow, carrying a poignant wish for you to paint in your own colors.

Ohmori’s expressive vocals, set against an ambient soundscape, further deepen the song’s world.

When you feel lost in life, this track is sure to stay close to your heart.

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Atrioventricular block – Narumiya

This song captures the bittersweet, frustrating feeling of falling in love with a flawless idol you only know through a screen.

Written and performed by singer-songwriter Narumiya, it was released as a single in June 2025.

Inspired by fans’ voices on social media, it blends a stylish pop sound with the hollow ache of feelings that can’t quite reach their destination.

It’s a track that gently supports those whose love runs so deep it sometimes hurts.

It’s not that I want to die.Asanomachi

It’s Not That I Want to Die / KAFU

A song whose fleeting, translucent vocals almost bring you to tears.

Its lyrics—like the soft words that slip out in the stillness before sleep—gently embrace a lonely heart.

Asanomachii’s delicate production and KAFU’s crystal-clear voice blend beautifully, creating a work that deeply moves its listeners.

Released in August 2024 and included on the album “Yoi no Machi,” this track quietly stays close to those who feel life is hard or who struggle to find where they belong, and to those whose hearts are worn out by modern society.

It’s a song to lean on when you don’t want to force yourself to look ahead, but instead wish to face your feelings just as they are.

Aufhebung (Hegelian term often rendered as ‘sublation’)Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Aufheben

This song vividly portrays philosophical themes and the feelings of youth.

Featured on the album “ENSEMBLE,” it delicately expresses the process of growing by overcoming conflict and contradiction.

Released in April 2018, it strongly reflects youthful contemplation and inner struggle.

It’s a song that gently stays by your side when life feels difficult or when you’re uncertain about your purpose.

The light of hope woven by Mrs.

GREEN APPLE will surely illuminate your heart, even in the darkness.

A Navy StatementSakaguchi Ami

Amo Sakaguchi “Navy Blue Statement” Teaser Video

This song is driven by a sense of guilt, as the narrator believes they are the reason a classmate, after much anguish, took their own life.

The stylish, acoustic guitar–led sound is chic and balances well with the weight of the tragic lyrics.

mixed nutsOfisharu Higedan Dism

Official HIGE DANDism – Mixed Nuts [Official Video]

This song was written specifically as the opening theme for the hugely popular anime SPY×FAMILY.

It likens a family living under false identities to a peanut that slips into a bag of mixed nuts.

Even in a daily life full of secrets, the time they spend together is the one true thing—an earnest feeling conveyed through the whirlwind of sound.

Released in April 2022, the track earned its first overall No.

1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

If you’re troubled by complicated relationships or an uncooperative reality, you may find your heart resonating with this song.

It’s one you’ll want to listen to at such times.

Everyone is a heroAI

AI provides the song for au’s new “Santaro” commercial, “Everyone’s a Hero,” marking her first recording since giving birth.

It’s a song that, despite carrying worries, helps you stay hopeful and move forward.

It adds a cool, electro-style arrangement to a famous melody and is sung over a catchy rhythm, and listening to the powerful vocals gives you energy.